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'Joss Aaronson has two loves in her life: playing the blues and training to jump through time.
'Then Mavkel, the first alien student on Earth, selects her to be his time-travel partner and Joss’s life gets a lot more complicated. There’s an assassin on campus, an anti-alien lobby group chanting slogans, and Joss is constantly being tracked by the tight security around her new friend.
'Life with Mavkel is not all bad, though. Music-loving Joss is fascinated by him and his people, the Chorians, who communicate through song.
'But Mavkel is pining for his lost twin, and his will to live is draining away. Joss wants to help him, and that means going back to the petri dish where it all began. She’s playing with history, but if Mavkel doesn’t survive, then Joss could really be singing the blues …'
Source: Author's website.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Fantasy Authors Find That Crime Does Pay After All
2013
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— Appears in: The Age , 4 April 2013; (p. 15) The Age , 6 April 2013; (p. 22) -
Scanners
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80A 2010; (p. 63-64)
— Review of Singing the Dogstar Blues 1998 single work novel -
Alison Goodman in Conversation with Satima Flavell
Satima Flavell
(interviewer),
2008
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Specusphere , July no. 3 2008; -
Historical Fanatasy
2008
single work
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— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 43 no. 3 2008; (p. 91-92) -
[Review] Singing the Dogstar Blues
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 1 1999; (p. 13-14)
— Review of Singing the Dogstar Blues 1998 single work novel
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[Review] Singing the Dogstar Blues
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 42 no. 4 1998; (p. 27)
— Review of Singing the Dogstar Blues 1998 single work novel -
[Review] Singing the Dogstar Blues
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 13 no. 5 1998; (p. 36)
— Review of Singing the Dogstar Blues 1998 single work novel -
Scanners
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80A 2010; (p. 63-64)
— Review of Singing the Dogstar Blues 1998 single work novel -
[Review] Singing the Dogstar Blues
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 1 1999; (p. 13-14)
— Review of Singing the Dogstar Blues 1998 single work novel -
Time to Find Myself
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 205 1998; (p. 40)
— Review of Singing the Dogstar Blues 1998 single work novel -
Historical Fanatasy
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 43 no. 3 2008; (p. 91-92) -
Alison Goodman in Conversation with Satima Flavell
Satima Flavell
(interviewer),
2008
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Specusphere , July no. 3 2008; -
Fantasy Authors Find That Crime Does Pay After All
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 4 April 2013; (p. 15) The Age , 6 April 2013; (p. 22)
Awards
- 1999 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book
- 1999 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Sheaffer Pen Prize for Young Adult Fiction
- 1998 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Young Adult Division — Best Novel
- 1998 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Science Fiction Division — Best Novel
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